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Length of stay and number of patients deceased according to nutritional status
| Well-nourished n=71 (16.2%) | Moderately-malnourished n=221 (50.3%) | Severely-malnourished n=147 (33.5%) | Overall n=439 | p- value | |
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| LOS, mean days ± SD | 4.1 ± 3.55 | 6.5 ± 6.03 | 8.3 ± 8.14 | 6.7 ± 6.66 | <0.001* |
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| Deceased, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 9 (6.1) | 10 (2.3) | 0.001** |
LOS=length of stay.
compared using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)
compared using chi-square
